Richard Wagner: Michael Volle

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With Michael Volle in such outstanding form this essential Wagner collection is a riveting experience on Orfeo. — MusicWeb International, September 2017 More…

Release Date: 8th Sep 2017
Catalogue No: C904171A
Label: Orfeo
Length: 65 minutes

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Excerpt, Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

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Michael Volle (baritone)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Georg Fritzsch

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Verachtet mir die Meister nicht

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Excerpt, Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer

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Michael Volle (baritone)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Georg Fritzsch

Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Die Frist ist um

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Excerpt, Wagner: Tannhäuser

Work length8:18

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Michael Volle (baritone)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Georg Fritzsch
Recorded: 9-13 May 2016
Recording Venue: Grosser Sendesaal, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Berlin

Tannhäuser, WWV 70: Als du in kühnem Sange uns bestrittest

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Tannhäuser, WWV 70: Blick ich umher in diesem edlen Kreise

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Excerpt, Wagner: Parsifal

Work length7:32

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Michael Volle (baritone)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Georg Fritzsch

Parsifal, WWV 111: Ja! Wehe! Wehe! Weh'über mich!

Track length7:32

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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96

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Recorded: 9-13 May 2016
Recording Venue: Grosser Sendesaal, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Berlin

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Was duftet doch der Flieder

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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Euch macht ihr's leicht

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Excerpt, Wagner: Siegfried

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Michael Volle (baritone)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Georg Fritzsch

Siegfried, WWV 86C: Dir Unweisen ruf' ich ins Ohr

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Excerpt, Wagner: Das Rheingold

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Michael Volle (baritone)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Georg Fritzsch

Das Rheingold, WWV 86A: Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge

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Excerpt, Wagner: Die Walküre

Work length14:59

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Michael Volle (baritone)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Georg Fritzsch

Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind!

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The roles featured on this CD are, in more ways than one, truly great ones; the vocal and interpretational demands on the artist are of an equally high calibre. The fact, as J. M. Fischer writes in the booklet text, that the term 'heroic baritone' has established itself in connection with these roles is recognition of the highly technical challenges – and simultaneously an understatement. The parallels with Wagnerʼs 'heroic tenor roles' can be seen in the truly supreme vocal challenges, and yet the bass-baritone protagonistʼs role in each of these works also demands even greater control of the dramatic character and, therefore, a more complex musical approach. The enduring fascination of these demanding roles can also be sought in their 'tragic awareness'.

Michael Volle is the epitome of a singer who has almost untypically by todayʼs standard continuously grown into these roles, bringing out each one's individual characteristics. Hailing from a much wider repertoire, he now performs those great Wagner roles on the most renowned international stages – most recently as Sachs at the New York Met as well as in the highly acclaimed Herheim production in Salzburg or the new version in Bayreuth. Following on from parts like Wolfram, Amfortas and Sachs, the artist is now able to tackle Wotan, Wanderer and – perhaps the most challenging Wagnerian baritone role of all – the Dutchman from the composerʼs early period.

Michael Volle receives ample support from Georg Fritzsch, a GMD with many years of opera to his credit, and conducting the highly flexible Radio Symphony Orchestra of Berlin, whose Wagner credentials are documented on a recent CD of all his operas.

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September 2017

With Michael Volle in such outstanding form this essential Wagner collection is a riveting experience on Orfeo.

March 2018

The conductor Georg Fritzsch and the Berlin Radio Symphony are able collaborators, and the recorded sounds favours the voice.

Richard Wagner: Michael Volle

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